Loutolim
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Loutolim लोटली Lottli Loutulim |
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 Loutolim
Loutolim
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| Coordinates: 15°20′N 73°59′E / 15.33°N 73.98°ECoordinates: 15°20′N 73°59′E / 15.33°N 73.98°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Goa |
| District | South Goa |
| Sub-district | Salcete |
| Area | |
| • Total | 17.81 km2 (6.88 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 32 m (105 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 6,121 |
| • Density | 340/km2 (890/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Konkani |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 403718 |
| Vehicle registration | GA |
Loutolim or Loutulim (Konkani: लोटली Lottli pronounced:[lɔːʈlĩː]) is a large village of South Goa district in the state of Goa, India. It is an important settlement in the Salcete sub-district.
Loutolim derives its name from Lovótollem, coined from the Konkani words—Lovó, a type of grass and Tollem, a pond—since those grasses used to grow abundantly around the pond. In Konkani, the local language, the village is known as Lottli and its native inhabitants are referred to as Lottlikar.
According to a legend, Brahmins from northern India founded the settlement of Loutolim when they emigrated to Goa after the Saraswati River in their homeland dried up.
The village community was based around the temple of Shri Ramnath. There were other smaller temples dedicated to Shri Santeri (Shantadurga) in the village. A new temple of Shri Ramnath was built recently at the same spot. The original idol of Shri Ramnath now stands in a temple of Indo-Portuguese architecture at Bandora, that had been built during the eighteenth century AD.
Beginning from the 1500s, the Jesuits undertook the task of the Christianisation of Salcete and in AD 1567, the Portuguese captain of Rachol Fort, Dom Diogo Rodrigues ordered the burning and destruction of all the temples in the village. Many villagers were tenaciously attached to their Hindu religion. In order to preserve their culture, they had to flee to safer grounds in the territories governed by the Hindu King, the Sonde Raja, across the Zuari River with their idols, most famously the idol of Shri Ramnath in what was later known as the Novas Conquistas (New Conquests). Those who chose to remain behind had to embrace Christianity. The Salvador do Mundo (Saviour of the World) church was built by the Jesuits in AD 1586 to look after the spiritual needs of the local converts.
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